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...amounts of data for research, screen automatically for drug interactions, all with no problems with our famously illegible handwriting. I would be happy if every patient could hand me a digital file of everything about him; it could really save time on first visits. But against our government's push to get all patients' records computerized we must keep in mind there will be a cost to this - far beyond the billions to be spent setting it up. Many of us in medicine are concerned that the greatest cost will be in the quality of medicine that we practice. (Read...
...highly specialized knowledge” in a particular field. Firms affected by the amendment—including nearly all large investment banks—have consistently hired from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School in past years, prompting Harvard’s lobbyists to push for a loose interpretation of the restrictions. Firms that have accepted TARP funds would be required to demonstrate that they have made concerted efforts to employ and avoid laying off U.S. citizens before hiring H-1B visa holders, said Kevin Casey, the University’s chief lobbyist...
...widely considered to be the most significant recommendation, the Dowling Report proposed restructuring the student-faculty committees.“On the issue of the student-faculty committee, that’s something [UC members] have all agreed on for a while and is something [the UC] should really push for,” said Tamar Holoshitz ’10, chair of the Student Affairs Committee.The change in the student-faculty committee structure suggested by the Dowling Report would be matched by a change in the structure of the UC’s advocacy body. Instead of simply having...
...that if you work hard and do well people are always going to appreciate you and reward you. But life was different than that.”Realizing that a change of course was in order, Swanay turned to his first love—baseball—for a push in the right direction.Having grown up in New York in the 1970’s, Swanay fondly recalls memories of his early trips to Yankee Stadium, where he watched childhood idols like Thurman Munson, Bobby Murcer, and—Swanay’s personal favorite—Cliff Johnson play...
...portfolio that ranges from bank bailouts to global financial regulation. The other legislative, political and managerial staff at the White House spend their days stretched over dozens of subject areas. In this chaotic situation, DeParle will be charged with never letting health care get off track. (Read "Who Will Push Health-Care Reform in Place of Daschle...